One-quarter of Humble Indie Bundle downloads were pirated
Perhaps you've heard of (or purchased!) the Humble Indie Bundle -- a set of five DRM-free indie games, which you can choose your own price for, the entirety of which goes to two completely deserving...
View ArticleHumble Indie Bundle extended, pulls in over $1 million
If you haven't gotten in on the Humble Indie Bundle, which packages five great indie games for a price of your choosing, you've still got time -- the sale (which also benefits charities like Child's...
View ArticleMario Marathon squashing Goombas for charity once again
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture For the third year in a row, a small group of brave, platforming-adept gamers have holed themselves up in a room, where they'll play a vast...
View ArticleGolden Charity will destroy Team Fortress 2 Golden Wrench for Child's Play
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture Through the destruction of a coveted item, one man is hoping to create something good for some children in need. That's the goal of Golden...
View ArticleTelltale Games bundles Puzzle Agent, Sam and Max, four more for $20
Starting right now, Telltale Games is offering six adventure games for just $19.95. The initial four are The Whispered World, Jack Keane, King's Quest Collection, and Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode...
View ArticleGears of War 3's 'Fate of Carmine' campaign raises $150K for Child's Play
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture The fate of Gears of War 3's Clayton Carmine is sealed. Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson wouldn't reveal what fate would...
View ArticleChild's Play 2010 site now live, accepting donations
While you read up on Black Friday deals and pour over reviews from this year's holiday game releases, might we suggest taking a time out to donate? Each year, Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity...
View ArticleReach for your wallet and bid on Emile's helmet for charity
Looking for a fashion statement that says, "Hey, I'm potentially violent, but I've also got a big, sweet heart?" Look no further than this Good-Game-Media eBay auction: a replica of the Halo: Reach...
View ArticleDesert Bus for Hope 2010 promises more punishment for charity
It's that time of year again -- when a profoundly boring unreleased game is played for days on end in an effort to procure other, better games for hospitalized kids. Desert Bus for Hope is a marathon...
View ArticleName two of Slam Bolt Scrappers' scrappers in Child's Play auctions
Without the help of special potions, unguents or spells, immortality is a pretty tricky thing to obtain. Fire Hose Games is offering a pretty rare opportunity to have your genius brain live forever:...
View ArticlePortal gun to be auctioned off for Child's Play
Not only could you own one of the best gaming props ever made (and an even better version of the prop, at that), but you could also help children have better lives. Can you think of a better win-win...
View ArticleCheap Ass Gamer holding Child's Play donation drive
Our buds, bros, chums and cohorts over at Cheap Ass Gamer are hosting a pretty clever donation drive for Child's Play 2010 (alongside its annual charity drive, of course) -- for every new follower the...
View ArticleChild's Play 2010 passes $1 million in donations
The gaming community's collective back is in desperate need of a thorough patting -- with recent donations raked in by events like the Desert Bus for Hope marathon and the Penny Arcade auction dinner,...
View ArticleHumble Indie Bundle 2 revealed, name your price for Braid, Machinarium and more
Looks like the organizers of the second annual Humble Indie Bundle are busting out the big guns for this year's charity drive -- the name-your-own-price, DRM-free package includes Jonathan Blow's...
View ArticleHumble Indie Bundle 2 grosses over $500K in day-one purchases, led by...
"Humble Bundle" no longer seems like an appropriate name. In less than 24 hours upon release, the pay-what-you-want indie game collection Humble Bundle #2 earned over $500,000 in revenue and appears...
View ArticleChild's Play nearing $2 million in donations
Donations from charitable gamers like you have pushed the Child's Play 2010 donation total to an all-time high of $1.85 million -- all of which will go towards purchasing toys and games for children's...
View ArticleHumble Bundle 2 closes, earns over $1.8 million
The Humble Indie Bundle 2 -- which added last year's bundle during its promotion -- has raised over $1.8 million. The name-your-own-price, DRM-free set included indie darlings like Braid, Machinarium...
View Article72-hour charity marathon lets internet pick games, gets really tough ones
The marathon gaming team Wily Whompers was scheduled to race team Zeldathon this week, but when that showdown fell through, it decided to turn its marathon into a Viewer's Choice of sorts, asking...
View ArticleChild's Play raised over $2 million in 2010
The Child's Play charity announced today that it brought in a grand (grand) total of $2,294,317.53 in donations for 2010, a new annual record for the organization. Reflecting on the figure at the...
View ArticleLittleBigPlanet custom shoes being auctioned for Child's Play
If you're in love with the LittleBigPlanet universe from your head to your feet, it's time you donned some apparel representative of your admiration: The shoe artists at KyozoKicks have transformed a...
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